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GEORGE GEBSTHEIKEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

Application fled larch 18, 1908. Serial Io. 484,818.

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ladies hat fasteners and has for itsobject to provide a simple and etfcctive construction as a substitutefor the ordinary removable hat pins.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a sectional elevation; Fig. 2 a plan view; Fig. 3 a crosssection of the hat fastener on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a crosssection on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The hat fastener consists of a frame a of metal or other suitablematerial, the ends a of which are bent upward and provided withperforations a. The lateral edges of the ate are bent u on themselves toform gui eways a. Slide ly fitting in said guideways are cylindricallycurved slides b, b, from the lower surface of which project angularlybent ins c. There are two such slides arran d opposite to one anotherand adapted to s ide in op JSltG directions. The frame is provided withlongitudinal slots d, through which the pins 0 project downward. Theopposite inner edges of the slides b, b are formed with flanges or ears0, to which pi r f are attached, the latter projecting through theperforations a of the bends a of the frame and through the crown II ofthe hat. The pins carry at their ends knobs g or the like servin asgrasps. The two slides are connect together by rubber bands i, springsor the like, whereb the have the tension to normally approac eac other.The frame a is adapted to be suitably attached inside of the crown so asto extend across the head of the wearer.

In use the slides are pulled outward by the manipulation of the ins fand against the tension of the rubber band 2'. When the hat is properlyadjusted upon the head the pins are released, whereup'm the slides willmove inward causing the downwardly projecting pins 0 to engage into thehair and thereby fasten the hat.

\Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a hatfastener, the combination with a hat, of a cylindrically curved slottedframe diametrically extending through and attuclzed to the crown of thehat, two cylindrically curved slides guided in said frame opp :site oneanother, a number of angular bent pins arranged one behind the other andprojecting downward from each of said slides, means secured to saidslides above the frame and projecting outward through the crown formanipulatin the slides.

2. In a hat fastener, t e combination with a hat, of a cylindricallycurved slotted frame having angularly bent ends for its attachment tothe crown, two correspondingly curved slides arranged opposite one anotier and ided in said frame, a number of angular y bent. pins arrangedone behind the other and projecting downward from each of said slides, apin attached to each of said slides above the frame and projectinoutward through the crown for manipu ating the slides and means to causethe slides to automatically move inward.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE GERSTHEIMER.

Witnesses Aa'rmm D. STRAHL, Max D. OBDMANN.

